COR-NTD (Coalition for Operation Research of Neglected Tropical Diseases) Annual Meeting, New Orleans

Event 26 Oct 2018

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COR-NTD meetings are closed and attendance is by invite-only.

It takes place each year in conjunction with the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference, with participation from researchers, the World Health Organization, country program managers, implementers, and donors. These experts gather in breakout sessions to discuss issues addressing the selected theme for the meeting.

This year's theme is 'Engage to Eliminate'.

COUNTDOWN will participate in the following sessions and present on the highlighted areas:

Presentation 2: Participation as a research and implementation strategy in community engagement: The Nigeria Experience (Dr Luret Lar, Sightsavers Nigeria)

Presentation 3: Putting research into policy and practice: Development of the integrated communications strategy- using research to inform policy in Liberia (Mr Anthony Bettee, Ministry of Health, Liberia)

SESSION: Equality and Equity of NTD interventions

Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Location: Room 3I

Presentation 2: Case Study One – Focus will be on key challenges in achieving gender equitable NTD programmes with specific focus to PC/MDA NTDs and will involve examples from Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana (Prof Margaret Gyapong, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana)